Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

“The way this one was pounding on

bat into hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly peaceful

me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove and turn to my sister. Clearly in a mood,

the investigators.

continues when he’s gone, “why didn’t you text me earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden

say, hesitating and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow,

I know what I’m about to say is going to piss her off. “Sinclair brought in his team of investigators – the ones

you.

Cora

I say, my mouth pulling into a grimace. “As a…suspect.”

ringing out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts

baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team

suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but no less angry.

a suspect for like, three hours,” I reply, rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously you were cleared! So!” I shrug and look

to her face and covers it, taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls

hurt you, Ella,” Cora says, her voice as pleading as it

shaking my head at her, my eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have nothing

true, Cora,” Sinclair says, peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they were just

she understands. “Okay,” she says,

hands in his pockets as he slowly walks over to us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there.

through her hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last time we talked? I told you

take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms

her jaw. “Are you serious? Ether?”

do hypnosis?”

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